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<span class=large>NAHUM</span>
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CHAPTER 1
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Nahum speaks of the burning of the earth at the Second Coming, and of the mercy and power of the Lord.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;1 <span class='smallcaps'>
The</span> burden of Nineveh.  The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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God <i>is</i> jealous, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> revengeth; the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> revengeth, and <i>is</i> furious; the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth <i>wrath</i> for his enemies.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Forbearance.">slow</a> to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit <i>the <sup>b</sup><a href="nahum/1/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 34: 7; Morm. 4: 5; D&C 1: 9.">wicked</a>:</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>hath</i> his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds <i>are</i> the dust of his feet.
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He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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The mountains quake at him, and the hills <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 97: 5.">melt</a>, and the earth is <sup>b</sup><a href="nahum/1/5b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 101: 66; TG Earth, Cleansing of.">burned</a> at his <sup>c</sup><a href="nahum/1/5c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG God, Presence of.">presence</a>, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
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Who can stand before his <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Indignation of.">indignation</a>?  and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?  his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 34: 8; Lam. 3: 25; D&C 70: 18 (17-18).">good</a>, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that <sup>b</sup><a href="nahum/1/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Faith.">trust</a> in him.
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But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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What do ye imagine against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?  he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
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For while <i>they be</i> folden together <i>as</i> thorns, and while they are drunken <i>as</i> drunkards, they shall be devoured as <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 26: 6 (4-6); D&C 29: 9; JS-H 1: 37.">stubble</a> fully dry.
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There is <i>one</i> come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, a wicked counsellor.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Though <i>they be</i> quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through.  Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
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For now will I break his <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Physical.">yoke</a> from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath given a commandment concerning thee, <i>that</i> no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
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Behold upon the mountains the <sup>a</sup><a href="nahum/1/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 10: 15; Mosiah 15: 18 (13-18); 3 Ne. 20: 40; D&C 128: 19.">feet</a> of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace!  O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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